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Predicting post-traumatic stress disorders in deployed veterans

Canada's peacekeepers suffer similar rates of post-traumatic stress disorders as combat, war-zone soldiers, according to research out of London, Canada. Dr. J. Donald Richardson and his co-investigators also found that PTSD rates and severity were associated with younger age, single marital status and deployment frequency.

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